Blink Fitness

Good gym for general fitness. The only problem is that it can get busy at certain times and a lot of folks sometimes have to wait for a certain machine. Parking can also be tricky that annoying turn into the parking lot can only be done from the west bound lane on hillside or north bound.

There's a skinny told black guy one of the staff this guy doesn't know how to talk to member last week i was at that gym using a machine because a lady waiting for that machine while there's a lot same machine i told her there's other machine what u dont go to another one she to front told that guy then he came to me and asked me to give that machine to the lady i told him im not understand u if im not a member like her he told me or give the lady the machine she wants or he escorted me
im waiting for the general manager take a measure against him

Clean bathrooms, good range of weights (free weights and plates), and a variety of equipment. Not very full in the mornings. Overall a good experience.

Too busy of a gym for me with a bunch of youngins in there. Hate to weight several times to use different machines.

I go here 5 days a week.gets crowded during the afternoon/evening though but it's great when they first open for the day

This gym sucks. Ive been to many other blinks across the city, and this has to be one of the worst for a couple of reasons:
1. Machines are constantly breaking. People use them wrong all the time, yet staff says and does nothing about it. The ab machine took 6+months to get fixed. Then it broke again about last month or so. Three other machines have broken as well. The cable machines should be replaced since the tension on them has definitely decreased. Oftentimes if a machine is working, you will be able to feel some parts that are lose or the cables that go through them feel very weak. This location needs to replace and fix a lot if they wanna keep my membership.
2. Its dirty. And i mean that in so many ways. People don’t take off their shoes in the matted area and it gets filthy, plus since its right next to a door to the outside, debris gets blown in from under the door which makes it disgusting to work out at that specific and necessary spot. Staff never vacuums this area. Ive found used condoms in the mens locker rooms. Staff does nothing to address the cleanliness, and i rarely see anyone do anything besides vacuuming the same spots.
3. The staff. They don’t do much at all. Managers never know when machines will be fixed, like i said it can take 6 months or more. The other workers never seem to leave the front desk. Can be super rude when you simply ask a question, or even unresponsive
4. The options for machines is way too limited for the amount of space available. I noticed they took out a bunch of the bikes and other machines. There is not enough options. Plus for certain attachments, you have to ask the front desk since people have been stealing parts. For a gym in the suburbs, this place can get real ratchet.

For these reasons and more, I’m switching to a different gym sometime soon. If i have to travel to Long Island for it than so be it. This location shows me what I’ve been paying for: disappointment and slower, more uncomfortable gains. I finally understand when people say you need a quality gym, this location is anything but that.

Great gym. Clean and well kept facility. Gets pretty crowded after 9 am, so early mornings a great time to go.

I been coming to gym for over 2 years, it has consistently get worst, and worst.
Whoever manages this gym is just happy to collect a check and keep it moving, they keep re arranging the gym accomplishing nothing the benches are on top of each other unable to maneuver while benching, machines are broken for weeks at a time sometimes months.
Please dont take my word for it take a walk around one machine in particular been broken for well over a month YOU MANAGER KNOW THE ONE I AM REFERENCING.
Furthermore, as busy as this gym is you would expect the machine to be repaired quicker NO,
I can go on, and on but it would just be a waste of my valuable time.
Finally those of you who assigned a five star to this gym hasn't been to any better, but i forgive its nit your fault.

THIS PLACE IS A BUST.pleaese educate some of the front desk staff on how to provide customer service looking all rough, no smile, head down on their phones at all times.
No need for photos there has been enough provided by others.
Take care.

This gym is awful. The layout is awful. Parking lot is awful. One of the workers there, Rob is extremely rude and disrespectful. Overall terrible gym. Go to literally any other location. You'll be instantly annoyed being here. It's always busy and everything is a mess in there. It's so difficult to locate any equipment because things are constantly being moved and none of the workers help to put things back in their place. People who attend this gym also have no gym etiquette. I would go out of my way to not go to this gym again.

This place smells absolutely disgusting, enough to make you gag. It’s always crowded and most of your time will be wasted waiting for machines. Also, there’s limited parking so be prepared to circle around the lot a couple of times

CHECK THE CANCELATION POLICY BEFORE JOINING THIS COMPANY. IT'S COMPLICATED, VERY EXPENSIVE AND PREDATORY. IN ADDITION When you cancel because you're moving, for some reason, they will ask to submit a "proof of relocation" as in a utility bill from your new address, If that's not an insane invasion of privacy, I don't know what is.

Very inexpensive, clean, free parking (even though some times it's hard to find one cause there is more than one business there). But it is a judge free environment. I really like it.

They share in their website cancel any time. When i went to cancel they told me you sign in our agreement and terms and condition 45 days notice to cancel. Which they do not mention you when you sign up. So if your monthly is 1$ or 10%$ the 2nd month you must pays hidden yearly charges of 70$. THEY ARE TRICKY. Therefore do not sign up for 1 month or 2 months for checking purpose only. Look at their reply. Tricky reply. After your first day actually you are in their net as a new fish. The annual fee must applied on you.

The gym is always clean and everyone is super friendly. The membership is also affordable. I go to this gym regularly and I never feel self-conscious or anything like I have in other gyms. The locker rooms and showers are always clean too. The only issues I can think of are parking because the parking lot is small, and the occasional broken machine. Otherwise, I highly recommend this gym!

Exactly same thing as last guy. Very shady way to do business. They act as they cancellation agreement is so cut and clear when in reality they are just scam artist. I have to drive to this location to cancel my membership, I have never driven to this location in my life and don’t live any where near it and now to cancel it I have to drive to this location. When I signed up I did it online.

It's a great gym not too big or too small compared to LA fitness. But the only thing it's little crowded. It's not too pricey also.

Been there done that, the only gym location I would like to go the most is the one near the 1 train by Marble Hill. At 125th St, too crowded!

I love going to this gym because of the parking lot and the nice atmosphere but the gym gets too crowded. I wish the gym had been extended since there was empty space to take up.

No space and its always packed. Reservations are also always gone. If it were open 24 hours that might help.

Update: it's still always packed but at least we don't have to wear masks anymore. It would be nice if their machines weren't always broken too. You need more Olympic bars and air conditioning, it's always so hot and musty in there.

I've been coming here since it first opened and it has just gotten progressively worse. Now, the machines are always broken and the gym has gotten so packed with teenagers messing around, and hogging equipment to a point it's uncomfortable to even work out.

Pretty convenient location and people there are friendly. But it gets way too crowded. I like to go in and get my work outs in and done. Most people don’t enjoy working out and if having to wait for equipments, dumbbells, even just floor space gets you frustrated. They have been open long enough to now see that they can change hours to 24 hours due to the volume they receive or stay open late nights past 11p and opening early on the weekends. Changing the hours to longer days and nights gives people more flexibility on when to work out.

Gym itself is great as well as the staff. Unfortunately, ever since they lowered the monthly fee the it is packed at all times. Even early in the morning it is tough finding a free spot at the weights.

I actually really like this gym when it's not crowded, but it's.always crowded. I wish they would go back to booking appointments to work out (like during mid COVID) ; there's just way too many people in there, nobody masks properly, and I don't want to catch the next rona variant.

I like that there is a lot more updated equipment in this location, such as the stairmaster and treadmills, however it does get super crowded all hours of the day. There were times where I was walking around trying to find something to do because all the machines/ areas were being used! I definitely prefer the Jamaica location, it’s much more smaller but it’s nicer, the staff are friendly and take time to build rapport and relationships with you. Overall I’ll stick to the Jamaica location but it was nice to try out this one as it’s close to work

I joined Dec 2019 the Queens Village location and was quite happy with the Cleanliness, the equipment, great location with parking and how nice the staff was! Unfortunately, Covid happened and have not used the gym since March 2020. Needless to say, I was quite happy with how Blink handled membership at the height of Covid, as they kept their communication open and at least on two or three occasions in 2020 gave the opportunity to opt to continue to freeze the membership given Covid. In January 2022, all of a sudden I am getting emails that they have tried to charge my credit card and that somehow my membership was unfrozen without any prior notice by email, postal mail or phone and despite my several attempts at emails and calls to the Queens Village location, no one responds or answers. I then visited the location last Friday and was told the manager was the only one that can help me so I asked the nice staff member to leave a detailed message for the manager, which he did and he promised his manager would get the message and call me back the next day. Unfortunately, the manager never called so I went back yesterday and was told he was off. They said best way was to just cancel the membership, which I did so and had to pay 12.63 to do so, which I reluctantly did. I was again promised that the manager would call me today and never got a call. This morning I got another email from Blink that i owe the past due amount since January 2022 and the annual fees. I finally got a person in the main billing department and they asked me to write to their corporate office which I did. I really hope they sort this out as it is a pity they have a nice facility, they did very well in communication in 2020 and after that radio silence in 2021 and now just unfreezing the membership without prior written notice as they have in 2020 to opt in or out. That said, I am still open to coming back when the pandemic is over, but a shame how they are handling this situation, no one answering emails, no one picking up phones at the location and even after two visits, the manager has not taken the time to get back to me.

I would give it a 1 star but the only good thing that comes out of this gym is the Parking lot. Other than that, this gym is extremely crowded. Too many teenagers treat this gym like it’s a hang-out time and spend countless minutes on their phones and hog machines for long durations of time. The staff behind the desk are always on their phones and don’t even greet members when they enter. Overall Low quality customer service at this facility.

Nice upbeat atmosphere, the gym is well manage and kept very clean. My only complain is of the gym members who camp out on exercise machines lounging using there cell phones and not working out. People keep it moving do your sets and move on, these are not living room couches.

Terrible management. I tried the 1$ trial and they wouldn’t let me cancel. They were charging me constantly when I asked repeatedly for a cancellation. There was also a cancellation fee which was about the same price as the membership itself. They also either don’t respond to your email or take at least a week to respond. Overall, I wouldn’t go here if you don’t want to be scammed for your money.

Good quality of equipment but way to many people inside the gym a lot of the equipment is being used which you have to wait very long till you get your turn. Also most of the employees just stand there doing nothing when you need actual help.

Horrible gym, there is no communication. No handy men when you need one. Not too many systems to work on. Always crowded. Do not go there

It's ok. Sometimes it can be too crowded but it's not that big so I expect it. Good people in there though, app is good too. Mayor de Blasio is a clown for mandatory vaccine cards and these companies should honestly stand up to him.

My regular gym, has everything you'd expect. Only docking a point because there are some clear machines that could be added, and it gets packed at random times through out the day (parking lot can't accommodate more than half capacity).

You always have to walk the entire gym to find sanitation wipes. It's like they can't afford to purchase wipes. Also, some people should just stay home, lay on the couch, eat potato chips, and watch Jersey shore - they spend 1 minute working out and 9 minutes on their phone. I'd go to a better gym if there was one.

This gym is okay but lacking. Membership is cheap but you kind of get what you pay for. Personal training is another story (ripoff!).

When this place opened it was already jam packed, management should have noticed this and immediately notified corporate so they could annex the empty space next door.
Now it's too late.

Masks are now optional yet machines are still blocked off for social distancing?

Employees typically gather and hang out at the front like it's social hour and don't go around to inspect machines which are sometimes broken. You report loose handles etc and they simply nod but never fix.

Also it's noticeable male staff is more friendly toward female guests, greeting and such. I don't really care but at least try to act like you give a u know what and treat everyone equally. We're all paying members!

Frankly, they could replace the staff at the front with a kiosk and it would probably be more useful and less awkward.

Pros are it's pretty clean (mostly), location and only a few employees seem to care. That's about it.

Location at all times 24 hours a day crowded with too many people, machines there is never access without counting that the same users after using it do not clean machines. Those teams give the appearance of diseases and more viruses. Peak hours that location exceeds the capacity stipulated by the NYC department, without counting that the use of mask is optional, you can see groups of 6 to mistresses without distancing and assumptions that these adolescents are 100% not vaccinated with covid19. Call me to attend this location, Because in Manhattan and other blinks you don't see this accumulation of people, it seems like a sauna with all the viruses around it. Danger to health and apart from stress and frustration of not being able to use the facilities.

DO NOT GET A MEMBERSHIP FOR BLINK!

If arent satisfied and you decide to cancel your membership, you will still get billed. I paid a cancellation fee of $17 to end the membership immediately 2 months ago and I still got charged. After several attempts to cancel, they told me to come in because the cancellation process was quicker in the gym but that turned out to be complete BS. Go to Planet Fitness…. They have WAY better equipment, hydromassage/massage chairs, and they’re open 24 hrs. Never go here

The same older indian guy in the same bright red target shirt always de racks 5-6 pairs of heavy weights and leaves them scattered around, uses multiple machines at once and barks at people to not touch them. Gargles and spits his drink on the floor. Tells people to put his weights back when they confront him. Ridiculous how he can do this every day. He’s a regular here. One of the reasons I started going to hicksville blink

Pretty clean, depending on the time you go you may need to wait for a treadmill. I haven't had the chance to use the weights in the back bc there's a lot of people. But overall it's ok.

I signed up for 1 month of personal training and they built my credit card reoccurring months.i am fighting to get my money back

You gotta go within the first hour to do anything comfortably. This location is way too popular and they don't have enough machines to meet the demands. Working out is uncomfortable when you have people hovering around you waiting to use it next. Unless something changes, I'm definitely going to cancel

Too crowded. Had to wait for every machine and it wasnt the usual crowded time. Was only 12noon. Too hot. Air conditioner wasnt cool enough. Wont go back

Due to this being the only Gym in the area, it's always crowded.only gym where there barbells are never on the bench because everyone is using them to deadlift. Horrible!

Only one ab crunch machine. Practically impossible to do abs here. All the safety grips for bars are missing. Impossible to make a reservation.

Always crowded, they said masks are optional for those who has been vaccinated yet they still have the 6 feet social distancing. Theres more threadmills than benches, the back is always crowded. Everything is disorganized.

Been going this location for about year and a half. Good equipment and brand new location. After the pandemic rules, seems that every member of the staff has own rules about enterto the gym. Some honors the reservation and let you in, some other makes you wait in line (even when you’re on time for your reservation) and let in the people without reservation. Some of them are friendly, some of them clearly are not. I’m considering to cancel my membership since goes to the gym has become a headache instead of a pleasure experience. PD: the app crashes every time or so and the staff doesn’t have idea of the so call “real-time gym capacity” feature.

Blink at Springfield and Hillside Ave. Being going and the place it clean and following covid guidelines and employees at front desk very welcoming

The majority of us coming here are trying to get some abs! Why do you only have one weighted ab machine, you have one rotary ab machine but whose tryna hoola hoop? Every time I go to use it there’s a line longer then an air Jordan release, if I wanted to stand around and do nothing I’d go apply for a job at autozone, I’m going to get sent to the gulag for sniping the ab machine from some brolic dude one day, you make money throw in some more ab machines. Smh.

I highly recommend Blink Fitness. They have excellent Covid 19 protocols that help to ensure a safe and sanitary workout.

Never its spot available at the gym and I paying the membership for nothing because I never can’t go. And always wait long time outside with cold weather! SO BAD

The best Blink ive been to. Moved to Queens for the first time from the Bronx. And started going to that location when it first opened. The staff are all very attentive and even remembered me after I took a very long break. I can also tell that they enjoy each others company and are actually friends. Had an incident with another member a while back and the blonde hair manager stayed calm and handled it very well even though I myself was a little unruly. Lastly the space is exceptionally well kept and clean. Going there is usually the highlight of my day.

They are always super friendly when I go. I have a personal trainer I meet with once a week (Patrick). My trainer is awesome. We vibe really well. You know you're getting your money's worth when you feel like you are dying. It's been a few months. During covid I lost a lot of my glute and leg muscles. Gained a lot of it back. As a very petite woman weight training is the best way to lose weight. It takes a lot longer to see results but the long term benefits are way better. As someone who gets easily discouraged when I look at a scale I opted to ignore it and learned to be patient with results. You cannot expect results over night but every little bit of progress makes me feel motivated now. If you have a hard time staying motivated like me and can afford it I highly recommend getting a trainer to keep you accountable

I don't really have any issues with this location, but if it could be improved.maybe it could use a couple more of the popular weight machines (Lat Pulls, etc). Waiting for a machine at 7 30 in the morning is a nuisance.but that's a small issue.

This is an excellent gym for Queens Village. I was here recently for the post-covid reopening, and was glad to see the safety measures put in place (Staggered Scheduling, Reduced Hours, 6 feet Distance, Mandatory Masks, and Extra Stocks of Wipes and Sanitizer). I was sad to be away from the gym for so long, but am glad to be back!

The parking can be hard to find during peak hours, and the gym does get crowded, but now that the law only allows for 60% of people at a time, it is now longer crowded. Customers (for the most part) have been wiping down before and after usage.

Overall this gym is excellent. I don't have complaints. Its cozy and the vibes are good.

Glad to be back!

*FYI: You should make a reservation on the blink app before coming so that they can accommodate you. Else you may have to wait on a line until there is space for you. Also be prepared for a health screening and temperature check upon entry and don't forget to mask up. Also guests are temporarily not allowed, but they should allow guests soon. *

Make an appointment, be there 15mins before ur appointment yet when I get to the door 5: 23pm for my 5: 40pm I was told to stand and wait while others came and showed their appointment and walked in with no hassle this was the second time this was done to me, a paying and loyal customer.

Humble workers my first time. Did my research before going Was nervous at first then I started getting comfortable. I feel like I'm not in Kansas anymore.lolz

Not sure why there are so many complaints. Sure, it is slightly crowded, but it’s like that at plenty of good gyms. I really like this place. I probably won’t go right back because of saftey, but I hope to return again once (if ever) covid is no longer a threat. Thanks Blink you guys rock.

It became just another gym. Good staff with bad staff. Some staff is great and always happy, others just walk around like they hate the world. It's simple, customer service is about customers.

Catching up on reviews since NYC is somewhat locked down (stay safe people and social distance). Clean gym and the visitors are diverse; there is the occasional selfie guy/gal but too much of that instagram business. Bathrooms are clean and workers are friendly.

Cons- it's very busy after 3: 30 pm and you might have to wait for some machines. Some people don't wipe machines down after use, but there are plenty of wipes conveniently located to get your own. I always wipe machines down before I use it. Also, parking sucks if you go after 3: 30. All that said, I like this place.

Vacuuming and cleaning during our workouts?
had to move as well, so unprofessional
Do that after the gym close or before you open.
Stewww

Love BLINK. Great bright colors. The Queens Village location has a large parking lot; however, it is pretty packed from 5 pm-8 pm on weeknights. They are open til 11 pm from Mon-Thurs. I recommend driving around for residential parking during peak times. Think of the additional walk as a warm-up to your exercise.
Yes, you need to plan ahead for peak times since the cardio machines are taken and the mat/stretching areas are packed. My advice would be to be flexible with using various weight machines and the elevate row/elevate core and elevate pull-up machines.
If you do not know how to use a piece of equipment, feel free to ask the Staff to show you.

On opening this place was amazing.clean rest rooms clean locker rooms.now it's a extremely long wait period to use equipment due to group training and people just sitting around on the machines taking selfies all day.people come to exercise and those the one taking away the experience.weed the bon worker out